Three new dramas about contract relationships have popped up lately, all with outgoing female leads and reserved, formal male leads. They are all funny, and yet they are all different. Come see if I found a favorite!
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My crack drama right now is Honey Lee’s new show, One the Woman, about a crooked prosecutor and a chaebol daughter-in-law who look alike and are mistaken for each other. She is a lot like her character in The Fiery Priest, but this time she is funny. It is also funny that the title in Korean can be pronounced either as “One the Woman” or as “Wonder Woman.” We have four reasons why you should watch this show.
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We’ve come to the last jam session of our doctors at Yulje hospital. This episode has a lot of character stories, and yet true to form, it is about another day in the life rather than a dramatic ending. As we did with the first season finale, let’s take each character in turn and see how they are doing.
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A lot of us were wondering who the ambulance brought in during last week’s cliffhanger. Did you figure it out, or were you way off base? In addition to that story, we get several that show how far our characters have come since the beginning of the show.
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It’s been five long years since Ryu Joon Yeol and Jeon Do Yeon have graced the small screen, and it’s no surprise that their comeback show feels more like an indie movie than your typical Kdrama. Both have been busy making movies during that time, and are well known for portraying nuanced characters with some pretty powerful performances. The first two episodes prove that they’re bringing that talent to this drama and the show feels deeply layered because of it.
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Our four guys continue to squabble on occasion, which seems to prove how comfortable they are with each other. In a patient story we see two other friends demonstrating the same kind of behavior, which clues us in to how close they are. And then we get some hints of the future that leave us apprehensive on several counts.
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This week, in addition to the hurdles facing our main characters, we have an ode to the unsung heroes of the hospital — people without whom the patients cannot be properly treated, but who don’t usually get the attention they deserve.
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From lonely boys to hilarious food situations to seeing people in unexpected places, this week Hospital Playlist covers it ALL. We have a good episode here, with some jumps and lurches. We get health news of a couple of parents that surprises us a little, and Seok Hyeong deals out a few surprises of his own.
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You know that Dr. Seuss rhyme, “One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish”? This week we get one doctor being less lonely, two doctors going camping, mothers with red lipstick learning to be less interfering, and a doctor whose scrubs AND life are blue. We get a mostly cheerful episode this time without much crying, and a few signs of progress in development of our main characters. And a lot of stories about mothers.
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We specialize in favorite scenes here. This week we have lots of our main characters and some plot, but mostly we have some really great favorite scenes!
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